L1 Color Bollinger Band

24 sept. 2020

Level: 1

Background

Bollinger bands are a type of price envelope developed by John Bollinger, where price envelopes define upper and lower price ranges. Bollinger Bands are envelopes that are represented with a standard deviation above and below a simple moving average of price. Because the spacing of the bands is based on the standard deviation, they adjust for fluctuations in the volatility of the underlying price.

Function

L1 Color Bollinger Band is a common Bollinger Band indicator in algorithm but use different color to differensiate up trend(lime), down trend(red) and sideways (yellow)

Key Signal

boll --> bollinger middle line
upper --> upper envelope
lower --> lower envelope

Pros and Cons

Pros:

1. it can easy see the sections of trends or sideways
2. it can use color change to detect a breakout or trend reversals.


Cons:

1. Some noise is still incorporated in trends
2. different trading pair may require different n1 and s1 settings


Remarks

Simple but intuitive

Readme

In real life, I am a prolific inventor. I have successfully applied for more than 60 international and regional patents in the past 12 years. But in the past two years or so, I have tried to transfer my creativity to the development of trading strategies. Tradingview is the ideal platform for me. I am selecting and contributing some of the hundreds of scripts to publish in Tradingview community. Welcome everyone to interact with me to discuss these interesting pine scripts.

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